Liam Neesonwill star inIn The Land Of Saints And Sinners, an Ireland-set thriller that reunites him with hisThe MarksmandirectorRobert Lorenz.Deadlinereports that in the film, Neeson plays a retired assassin who “finds himself drawn into a lethal game of cat and mouse with a trio of vengeful terrorists.”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2andTinker Tailor Soldier SpyactorCiarán Hindsco-stars in the film, which is scheduled to begin shooting in Ireland in March.In The Land Of Saints And Sinnersis written byMark Michael McNallyandTerry Loane, with revisions byMatthew Feitshans.
After having a developed a reputation as a serious dramatic performer with films such asSchindler’s ListandMichael Collins, Neeson inadvertently reinvented himself as an older action star with the surprise 2008 hitTaken. In the last few years, he has suggested that he is done starring in action films, citing his age. But he’s sticking to the genre in his next three projects –Blacklight,Retribution, andMemory, the latter of which healso plays an assassinin.
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The first time Neeson said that he was getting too old for action movies was in 2015, whenhe told Colliderthat he could probably only do them for “maybe two more years.” He said:
“If God spares me and I’m healthy. But after that, I’ll stop [the action] I think. The success of certainly the Taken films, Hollywood seems to see me in a different light. I get sent quite a few action-oriented scripts, which is great. I’m not knocking it. It’s very flattering. But there is a limit, of course.”
He walked back his words in 2017, and toldVarietythat reports of his retirement from the genre were “not true.” He said, “Look at me! You’re talking in the past tense. I’m going to be doing action movies until they bury me in the ground. I’m unretired.”
Now nearing 70, Neeson was asked the same question again earlier this year in an interview withET, and he said, “Oh, yeah. I think so. I’m 68 and a half. 69 this year. There’s a couple more I’m going to do this year – hopefully, COVID allowing us – there’s a couple in the pipeline and, then I think that will probably be it. Well, unless I’m on a Zimmer frame or something.”
In The Land Of Saints And Sinnersis produced byPhilip Lee,Markus Barmettler,Bonnie Timmermann,Geraldine Hughesand Loane. Lorenz executive produces alongsideEhud Bleiberg,Danny Dimbort,Nicholas Donnermeyer,Kieran Corrigan,Marc Jacobson. The film doesn’t have a release date yet.
